BRIAN PIPKINS
Citrus Heights,Ca
Summary
To find a career minded company with career minded employees HVAC Service Technician with 20 years experience in heating, air conditioning and refrigerant systems, as well as electrical and mechanical controls. Ambitious with strong background in plumbing, refrigeration machinery operations and HVAC repair and maintenance. Excellent understanding of HVAC controls.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Service Manager
Iron Mechanical
Sacramento, CA
06.2023 - 06.2025
- Oversaw daily operations to ensure efficient service delivery and customer satisfaction.
- Led team training initiatives, enhancing staff performance and service quality.
- Implemented process improvements that streamlined operations and reduced response times.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with key clients, fostering loyalty and retention.
- Hired, trained and supervised team of service staff members to meet business goals.
- Met with customers to discuss service needs and develop effective and practical solutions.
- Coordinated with other departments to maintain streamlined and productive workflow.
- Developed and maintained strong relationships with suppliers, ensuring timely delivery of parts and materials, which minimized service disruptions.
- Reduced operational costs by negotiating better terms with suppliers and optimizing resource allocation.
Seinor Level Service Technician
Solace Enterprises
Sacramento, CA
11.2021 - 06.2023
- Troubleshot and diagnosed issues with HVAC equipment, providing recommendations for remediation.
- Installed heating, air conditioning and ventilation equipment and tested for proper operation.
- Completed preventive maintenance on heating and air conditioning systems to extend life of such equipment.
- Disassembled units, repaired broken components and restored to operating condition.
- maintained entire folder of cooling tower customers, including repairs, preventive maintenance
- conducted factory start up and any warranty repairs of newly installed units
Service Technician
Cooper Oates
Sacramento, CA
03.2019 - 03.2021
- conducted full preventive maintenances and provided quoted pull through work
- Diagnosed and repaired electrical, refrigeration, mechanical portions of units 1-100 tons
- conducted installs or hvac units 1-100 tons
Senior Technician
Maki Heating and Air
Auburn, Ca
12.2018 - 03.2019
- Preventive Maintenance of all commercial and residential applications
- Including conventional, WSHP, splits, package units, box car units and mini splits
- Full knowledge or troubleshooting refrigeration, low voltage, high voltage, and ventilation issues
- Air balancing and startups
- All aspects of installation of residential and commercial systems, DDS or EMS controls, zone systems
- Estimates, and full job walks, blueprint reading and corrections to as builds.
Service Technician
Air Service Specialist
San Diego, CA
06.2017 - 10.2017
- Preventive Maintenance of all commercial applications
- Including conventional, WSHP, splits, package units, box car units and mini splits, cooling towers, chillers, VAVs
- Full knowledge or troubleshooting refrigeration, low voltage, high voltage, and ventilation issues
- Air balancing and startups, controls
- All aspects of installation of commercial systems, DDS or EMS controls, zone systems
- Estimates, and full job walks, blueprint reading and corrections to as builds
- Complete chemical testing for cooling towers.
Senior Technician
Slayton Mechanical
San Diego, CA
01.2017 - 06.2017
- Preventive Maintenance of all commercial and residential applications
- Including conventional,
- WSHP, splits, package units, box car units and mini splits
- Full knowledge or troubleshooting refrigeration, low voltage, high voltage, and ventilation issues
- Air balancing and startups
- All aspects of installation of residential and commercial systems, DDS or EMS controls, zone systems
- Estimates, and full job walks, blueprint reading and corrections to as builds.
Construction Lead, Senior Technician, Cooling Tower Supervisor
Greater San Diego Air Conditioning
San Diego, CA
01.2009 - 01.2017
- Installation, repairs, Preventive Maintenance of all commercial applications
- Including conventional,
- WSHP, splits, package units, box car units and mini splits
- Full knowledge or troubleshooting refrigeration, low voltage, high voltage, and ventilation issues
- Air balancing and startups
- All aspects of installation of commercial systems, DDS or EMS controls, zone systems, wiring buldings
- Estimates, and full job walks, blueprint reading and corrections to as builds
- Full cooling tower preventive maintenance including chemical testing and treatments
- Installation of cooling towers, chillers, piping
- Ie: grooved victaulic, grinnel, and pvc80
- Triple duties, bypass valves, etc
- Make up stations and chemical injection.
Education
SAN Diego City college HVAC
programSkills
- Energy Optimization
- Piping and Brazing
- Ventilation and Air Conditioning
- Duct Sizing and Design
- Pumps, Fans and Cooling Towers
- Heavy Lifting
- Customer Service
- Equipment Calibration
- Blueprint Interpretation
- Preventative Maintenance
- VFDs Knowledge
- Leak Checks
- Defective Parts Disassembly
- Service Reporting
- Troubleshooting and Diagnostics
- Corrective Maintenance
- Equipment Servicing
Interests
AWARDS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
, EPA Universal licences
BAC factory trained, Evapco factory trained
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Fully equipped with own tools. Including recovery machine, vacuum pumps, gauges, pneumatic test
kits, chemical treatment tools, all brazing and welding items. A full assortment of proper
troubleshooting tools.
Timeline
Service Manager
Iron Mechanical
06.2023 - 06.2025
Seinor Level Service Technician
Solace Enterprises
11.2021 - 06.2023
Service Technician
Cooper Oates
03.2019 - 03.2021
Senior Technician
Maki Heating and Air
12.2018 - 03.2019
Service Technician
Air Service Specialist
06.2017 - 10.2017
Senior Technician
Slayton Mechanical
01.2017 - 06.2017
Construction Lead, Senior Technician, Cooling Tower Supervisor
Greater San Diego Air Conditioning
01.2009 - 01.2017
SAN Diego City college HVAC